Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1924, Page 10

PAGE TEN. World Results By Leased Wire TITLE BOUT IN YEAR 1S AIM OF N.Y. PROMOTER Jack Keams ‘ Says He’s Not Interested Till He Wins Fights. By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, March 29.—After negotiatons extending over almost a year, Tex” Rickard late this after- noon signed Harry Wills, neg heavyw challenger, to a con tract ca for two or three fights leading up to a contest for the world's champtonship. Wills agreed to fight on a percent- age basis against two opponents to be selected by Rickard and to meet Jack Dempsey in the third contest if he is successful in the others. After the contract had been sign- 4,” Rickard said he wanted to send Wills against Erminio Spalla, the European champion, or Quintin Romero, the Chilean champion, in the first bout; to match him with Luis Firpo, the South American champion, in the second contest and to match the winner with Dempsey, Rickard sald he wanted to stage the first two fights in June and July and the final in September, and that he would hold the three matct “some place in the United States. “I can't be more definite about the location for the fights now for obviotis reasons. But I have places in mind where I know they can be held or I would not have pledged myself to Wills," he said. If Firpo should be unwilling to meet Wills, Rickard said he would use the negro fighter in only two contests and that Wills would be asked to meet either Spalla or Ro- mero in the first contest “I had no difficulty in getting ‘Wills to agree to terms,” Rickard said, “I never doubted that he would be bard to sign when I was prepared to give him a definite pro- position and it was not until today that I was in a position to do so.” When he signed Wills, Rickard beat all hi8 rival promoters to all the feature heavyweight bouts for the outdoor season. He already has ‘Tom Gibbons on a verbal agreement. He has Spalla and Romero under agreement although it has been de- nied frequently, it has always been understood that he had first call on the services of Jack Dempsey. Firpo {s not tied to Rickard and he probably regrets now that he re- marked so emphatically that he was through with Rickard and would do no more business with him. Under the circumstances that now exist, Firpo must fight for Rickard or be th the crumbs that he can ts few days ago in the West by Jack Kearns that Dempsey and Wills Would meet tn Tia Juana for Jimmy Coffroth of Labor day. Paddy Mullins, manager of Wis, said tonight that he had made his word good and that Wills had shown he was willing to do anything the Public asked of him “I had said that Wiis was ready to sign for the first proposition that Was offered him and when Rickard we accepted 5 a! t will now be up to De y to show us who has been dc running.” JACK KEARNS “NOT INTE TED.” ANGELES, March 29.— fex Rickard’s an- ent of having Harry Wills 1 up for three fights this sum- of which may be with doesn’t interest us in the Jack Kearns, manager of ion, declared here tonight. “I don’t care how many fights Rickard has Wills signed up for. The negro may be knocked out in the first contest and if so he will opponent for y suit- arns told th informed of Rickard’s Kearns decl: will fight the best man we want to—wether it is or New York. We are under oblig: tions to no one and {f Wills filvvers out this summer, I may promote a fight for the | myself. | “It is barely possible,” Kearns ex plained, at after our picture con tract I will negotiate for a Demp during July. . if the Tiajuana sition t Wills does not r phe r © are going Uk for On Monday, Kearns announced, & meeting will be held with Coffroth in Los Angeles to make the final decision about Dempsey’s proposed match with Wills on Labor day. YOUNG STRIBLING ‘BROUGHT UP’ TO BE FIGHTER, MOTHER SAYS HE’S COMING CHAMP NEWARK, N. J., March 29 “That boy sitting on the other side of the table is going to be the heavyweight champion of the world some day, I brought him up to bea fighter and I'm going to make a g00d Job of it.” Between bites of training table food, Mrs. W. L. Stribling, of “the south,” told tonight of the planz she had made for “that boy across the table,""—her son, 20-year-cld “Young” Stribling, of “the south. ‘Pa’ and I were athletes, circus athletes, and good ones, too,” she said. “When that boy was born to us, we decided that he ought to be an athlete and ‘Pa’ said we ought to make a fighter out of him. ‘Pa’ always was a fight fan and I was interested in the sport, so we made it an ambition and here we are.” There are four Striblings in the family and they are known among themselves as “Pa,” “Ma,” “W. L- and “Herb,” the schoolboy brother, EGnT PERMIT RULING URGED Should Get Decision in Indiana Before Lay- ing Bout Plans. of the fighting hope of the family. “Ma” does all the talking for the family and she does most all of the executive work of the household. “I'm big enough to run things and I guess any mother ought to know enough to run a family,” she said. “I watch over my boy. I see that he's fed right, and I see that nothing is placed on the table that he can't eat. When he's training, we train with him. When he's playing, we play with him. He's not old enough legally to handle himself and I'm going to handle him until he {s old enough. That goes for girls, too, He's in lov now, but he's not going to get mar- ried until I know he's able to assume tho duties of a family head. The three Striblings naturally think that the fourth one is going to win the world’s light heavyweight championship when he meets Mike McTigue, the champion, in a 12 round no decision fight here Mon- day night. Evil Spirits Triumph After Over 40 Years CHICAGO, March 29.—The evil spirits rose from the dust of 59 years today and triumphed over venerable Jim Yen. Yen is 62. He came to this country at the age of three. For 40 years he has worked in Chi- cago- : During alJl that time he never By FAIR PLAY (Copyright. 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, March 29. — It Tommy Gibbons and Eddie Kane| failed his daily offering of joss and Floyd Fitzsimmons are wise| Sticks, his incantations and pray- ers to the age-tinted little idol in his room. But the evil spirits finally betrayed him and United States Commissioner James R. Glass ordered Yen deported be- cause he was not registered in accordance with the law. they will get a definite decision from the Indiana authorities as to the pro- jected Gibbons-Carpentier fight, right away. Probably Fitz will do this, having learned from bitter ex- perience that the Indiana estate au- thorities, don't have many {illusions concerning the active presence of pugilists withim the confines of the ea their spring training this week. SPRING GRID TRAINING ON Must -Get Early Start To Meet Demands of Faster Game. By WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, ‘March 29.—Many of the big college football teams. start- And well they might start early, for the brand of football that will be played next fall will be faster than any ever before witnessed in the his- tory of the sport, and the payers will need all the time they can get to Prepare themselves for the new game. More speed was the keynote of the changes made in the rules by the football rules committee, at its meeting here last wek. And much of the credit for the spteding up of the sport is due to one man—Mr. Coffin of Boston, a member of the committee and a close student of the sport—who has been plugging away at this idea for years, Mr. Coffin's plan, which he has ad- vanced before was that, instead of limiting a game to a certain number of minutes, with the obvious pos- sibilities this leaves for stalling, a game should be made to consist of a definitely fixed number of plays. While the committee could not see its way clear to adopt this program, it did take strenuous steps to ell- minate chances for stalling. The na- ture of these steps will be discussed in succeeding articles of this series. JOE OESCHGER TURNS IN WIN SARASOTA, Fla., March 29. Joe Oeschger baffled the Braves with ease today and the Giants won, 4 to 1. The Braves got only three hits. The only Boston run was not earned, being made possible by an error by Jackso: BY RICKARD FOR THREE FIGHTS Stanford Drops Baseball Game hoosler state. But if Floyd has this fight sewed up he need not worry. There will be many boxing centers crazy to put on the international show, Even New York would not be too proud to book this attraction. Considering certain fights New York has booked this winter the Carp-Gibbons show would be big time stuff for sure. If the fight is held out of town it can be set down as a cinch that Tex Rickard will book a rival show in this vicinity. Just what would be considered a worthy rival in the way EOS ANGELES GOLFER WINS LOS ANGELES, March 29.—Uni- versity of Southern California base- ball team won from the Stanford LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 29. —Dick Lenair of Los Angeles won the golf tournament at Brentwood nine here today, 8 to 5. By knocking out six runs off Country club today to determine the representative to be sent to the Teague, Cardinal‘hurler, the Trojans national golf championships at De- cinched the game in the first inning. Today's victory gives U. S. C. Of a boring hout ie difflenit ws way |two out of three games with the|troit this summer by defeating age i -| Cards and finishes the series. Scoro:| George Kerrigan one up. Pe COO REESE EIDE ER Teg _8 2| Lenair took the match by sink- nts mnot nee PRY 14. 10).80) Schnrans -5 7 3] ing a birdie putt on the by (without a big outdoor fight in| yotteries— Thomas and ‘Tellez; this vicinity. Deschamps says that Carpentier will fight two battles, one against Gibbons and one against Tunney. If this is so, he had better fight Tun- ney first, if he wishes his handsome meal ticket to remain an attraction. EXTERMINATOR WILL BE FAVORITE TODAY IN TIAJUANA HANDICAP SAN DIEGO, March 29. — With sunny skies overhead insuring a ary Xtrack, Exterminator, veteran of many a hard fought finish, was today installed favorite in tomor- row’s Ciffroth handicap at Tia Juana, the largest purre for all ages in America. Exterminator, who packs . top weight of 130 pounds, may be aid- ed by the better track. Early odts quoted “Old Bones” at & to 2. Little Chief is second favorite in the betting, being quoted at 6 to 1. Twenty-one horses, the finest on the American turf, will face the bar- rier In the western turf classic to- motrow. It is expected will see the race. McTigue Winds Up Training For Stribling Fight Fi Teague, Oviatt and Johnson. ing license at the Smoke House. Open Season On Trout Starting April 1 They Keep Biting that over 30,000 A pretty string of fish tops the sportsmen’s perfect day. Our tackle brings results—the fish can hardly resist the lure of the line—they bite and keep biting. The nearest thing to the guar- antee of a good catch is to get your fishing tackle at Camp- bell Hardware. NEW YORK, four March 29.— With rounds of fast boxing, Mike McTigue, world's light heavyweight champion, finished work his’ after- noon for the defense of his title|A complete line of tackle and — Young Stribling Monday] equipment to select from. Our A n Newark judgment may help you. Ask us, eS McTigue looked to be in > dition and he sald pounds under weight “With one good head, I beat him before and now that I have both fists working. I'll stop him sure,” the champion said. McTigue said he would move over to Newark tomorrow and that he would remain there until after the contest. he | HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES oom Campbell Hardware Company ~ 147 S. CENTER PHONE 425 Fishing license at the Smoke House, | "First in News | Of All Events [FORTY SCHOOLS TO COMPETE IN TRACK MEET AT DOUGLAS DOUGLAS, Wye., March 29. Forty schools are expected) to par- ticipate in the high school state championship track meet to be held here May 17, which will make it the biggest affair of its kind ever hel in Wyoming. Present indications are that 'Ther- Blodgett To Captain Team At University JIMMIE MASON ARRIVES TO TAKE PLAGE WITH THE COUNTRY CLUB New Golf Professional Brings Good Record to ’ Casper; Won Open Championship at Hot Springs Last January. mopolis with its one man team, Wedge Thompson, will again win the championship, The Hot Springs contingent won easily last with Thompson taking four events and scoring 4g two others. Casper, which won second last year, und the local team will be strong contenders. The same 14 events as usua) wil! make up the program with the pre- Uminaries run off in the morning and the finals in the afternoon. ———— The arrival yesterday of Jimmie Mason, the new pro- fessional for the Casper Country club, promises a hive of activity in local golfing circles. Mason arrived on the mornng train and by afternoon he had made arrang ments to start a gang of men at work tomorrow building the first nine holes of the new course. He expects to have the nine holes ready for play by, Work on the club house is going June 1. forward rapidly, half of the excava- Mason comes from the Mayfield| tion work: being finished. The Country club of Cleveland, O., where | Steater part of the rock for the firat he spent last year. The previous| floor walls has also been gathered two years he was with the Blue-| and {fs on the scene of the building. mond Country club at Milwaukee.| The completion of the club house Up to that time he chased the| Will depend in a large measure on elusive pellets across the heather} the weather. It is expected to be clad courses of Scotland, his native|in use no later than July 1. land. Country club members will be pleased to know that the road from Oe eee aes smaat| the city Umita to the.club house he has been playing the game seri-| Wl! be graveled next month and 1t ously. In 1914 he won tho amateur |1* expected that the city will gravel championship of Scotland, the cham- | the street from McKinley to the city plonship matches being played on | Umits. the links of the Leven Country = ee Sn High cacoabl in this country Sarazan L ooks : Good in Track Workout, Said Mason won the Wisconsin open championship: and since that time he has run away with numerous cups and trophies in smaller tourna- NEW YORK, March 29—Sarazen, Mrs. W, K~ Vanderbilt's three year old favorite for the Kentucky Derby had a fine workout at the Belmont ments. One of the most brilliant perform- track today. Under a pull by Lar- ry Murray, his exercise boy, the ances turned in by Mason was last colt breezed a half in 55 seconds and January when he won the Hot Springs, Ark., open championship. wanted to go on but was ordered up. Max Hirsch, trainer for the Vander. - This popular wintering resort is a mecca for golfers in that'season of the year and Mason was up against bilt stable, said his charge was working so well that he planned to “let him go” tomorrow if weather some of the Best pros and amateurs conditions are favorable, peat eae Scossune ES Sport Gossip King George has been devotee of tennis since boyhood and is patron of the British Lawn Tennis association. LARAMIE, Wyo., March 29.— Foster (Gyp) Blodgett of Casper, Wyo., a sophomore, has been elect- ed captain of the University of Wyoming track team for the com- ing season. Blodgett has starred in short distance runs. The only other letter men still in college are Wittenbraker and Tallaferro, quarter milers; Man- kin, pole vaulter and Hanscum, a two miler. BLUES LOSE TO VERNON LOS ANGELES, March 29.— Vernon roughly let the Kansas City Blues down to a 12 to 4 drubbing here today in their fourth game. Keck of Vernon and Schupp of the Blues lasted the whole game on the mound but a total of 25 hits were garnered off them. e Scott and Armstrong did the out- standing work for the Missourian: Today’s victory gives each team two games with the deciding con- test coming tomorrow. Because of rain one game was dropped from the original six game series. Score by innings: Kansas City_--010 010 002— 410 3 Vernon --. 020 020 62x—12 15 2 The six towns making up the Eastern Shore league of Maryland this ‘season are Salisbury, Cam- bridge, Dover, Parksley, Easton and Crisfield. The Western Association has de- cided to take out rain insurance to the amount of $1,500 on each of the holiday games on the season's ‘schedule, The Detroit ¥. M. C. A. nata- torlum, one of the finest In the country, is to be the scene of the national “Y;’ swimming champlon- ships in April. George McBride, the old big leaguer, who has been living in re- tirement for some time, may return to the diamond as coach for the Washington Senators. George Whitted, former league player, who piloted the Toledo Mudhens last season, is to manage an independent league club at Mt. Carmel, Pa., this year. in the country. The new course here will be con- structed from the blueprints pre- pared by Tom Bendelow, the famous Chicago links architect, who visited Casper last October and laid out the course. The blueprints are detailed showing every tap, bunker and hazard, drawn to scalt The largest display of beagles ever exhibited in the United States will feature the coming annual bench show of the Mississippi Val- ley Kennel club St. Louis. 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